Six years ago Lincoln Townley hit rock bottom. Now his work sells for £1m

Lincoln Townley is an artist on the cusp of a glittering career. Described by none other than Sir Michael Caine as ‘the next Andy Warhol’, he has painted portraits of stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Moss and Harrison Ford, to significant acclaim and increasingly high prices. He most recently sold a diamond-encrusted portrait of Princess Diana, completed to mark 20 years since her death, for a million pounds.